Valve



Sept. 6, 1932 R. s. HUBBELL- 1,876,300

VALVE I Filed Au 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Til I 97 99 lo loo m *96 9- 5 I INVENTOR. E0567? JiuZZe/i ATTORNEY$..

Patented Sept. 6, 1932 1,375,300

UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE aonnn'r s. HUBBELL, or soU'rH EUCLID, onro vanvn Application filed August 27, 1929. Serial 110. 888,750.

The present invention relates, asindicated, is provided with a lug or stop 17 for a purto valves, and is more'particularly directed to pose later to be described. means for providing a perfectly tight seat Rotatably mounted in the seat 1 L is a conifor valves, and for breaking a valve from cal rotary plug valve 18 provided with a bore 5 its seat after the same has become frozen or 18 adapted, in one position of the plug, to 55 rusted in position. While the present invenregister with the passage 13. At its larger tion is most particularly adapted for use in lower end, the plug 18 is provided with a lugconnection with rotary plug valves or gate 19 adapted to engage thestop 17 on the valves which cooperate with tapered seats, it plate 15. I

is to be understood that the same may be ap- The plu 18 is provided with a stem 20 pro- 60 plied to any type of positively operated valve. Jecting ou Wardly beyond the casing on the A primary object of the invention is to sideo the said casing opposite from the plate id il o rable ans for breaking 15. This projecting stem is surrounded and a valve away from its seat. A further object housed, over the major portion of its length,

of the invention is to provide suitable packing by a composite bonnet built up of the mem- 65 means for use in certain types of valve orhere 21, 26, and 27 hereinafter to be deganizations. Further objects of the invenscribed. tion will appear as the description proceeds. The member 21 is an annular ring, the in- To the accomplishment of the foregoing and ner perlphery of which extends substantially 20 related ends, said invention, then, consists of into Contact with the stem 20 and is beveled 7 the mcans'hereinafter fully described and pwardly and outwardly as at 22. Packing a ti l rly oint d out in th laim material 23 is located to surround said stem 'The annexed drawings and the'following 20 and is supported upon said beveled pordescription set forth in detail certain mechtlon 22 of the ring 21. A second ring 24 is 25 anism embodying the invention, such dissleeved upon said stem 20, said ring being 7 closed means constituting, however, but one ormed With an outwardly and downwardly, f various h i l forms i hi h th beveled surface 25 adapted to engage the upprinciple of the invention may be used. per surface of the mass of packing material In aid an x d drawing 23; and means (not shown) are provided for Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, forcing said ring 24 downwardly to compress 80 of a, rotary plug valve constructed in accordthe packing material 23 into intimate and ance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a S llng eng g ment With the stem 20. similar view disclosing a difierent typeof AS will be c ear from the drawings, the rotary plug valve constructed in accordance member 21 has an outside diameter come with my invention; Fig. 3 is a similar view of P Q g to hat of the casing 10, and a spac- 85 a slightly different embodiment of my inven- 1 g g or l ve 26 is superimposed on said tion; and Fi 4 is a broken elevation, partly member 21 and in turn supports a third ring in section, of a gate valve having my in 27, all three of said members corresponding ti n a lied ther to, in outside dlameter to the casing 10, whereby 40 Referri g or a ti la l to th d they may be said to comprise an extension of ings, it will be seen that in Fig. 1 I have dis- 831d pg- T m m ers 21, 26, and 27 are closed a valvecasing 10 provided with inlet Secured n p e by a pl rality of machine and outl t h b 11 12, aid casing b i screws 28 or equivalent fastening means.

formed with a through p ssage 13, A Intermediate its ends, and within the limits wardly tapering conical seat "14 is interposed 0f the g 2 the S m 20 is formed W1th an in said passage 13, said seat opening outoutwardly facing shoulder 29. A sleeve 30 1s wardly through the bottom portion of th c slidably received upon the stem 20, and rests ing and being adapted to be closed by a plate upon said shoulder 29. As will be clear from 15 secured in position by machine screws 16, the drawings, said sleeve is provided with a or equivalent fastening means. The plate 15 laterally extending'flange or arm 31 which is formed with a slot 32, the walls of which emthe threads 34 and 35, to cause reciprocation brace one of said screws 28. As will be obviof the plug 18 in the direction of its axis. It ous, this arrangement prevents rotation of will be obvious that it is desirable to obtain the sleeve 30 with respect to the bonnet, while the greatest possible power advantage in or- 5 permitting limited reciprocation of said der to break the valve from its seat and that 70 sleeve with respect to said bonnet. It will be a very fine' thread is the best possible means noted that the ring 24 is likewise formed with of obtaining such a power advantage. If a slot 33, the walls of which embrace the it should be attempted, however, to use a sinscrew 28. I gle thread fine enough to give a stron me- The sleeve 30 is externally formed with a chanical advantage such a thread woul nec- 75 thread 34. The ring 27, forming a portion essarily be so fine that the strength of the of the bonnet, is internally formed with a metal therein would be insufficient to withthread 35, the pitch of said thread 35 being stand the forces applied to it. The same efvery slightly different from the pitch of the fect, from a mechanical standpoint, can be thread 34 on the sleeve 30. A bushing 36 1s obtained by providing a differential thread internally formed with a thread correspondof such character that the difference in pitch ing in itch to the thread 34, and is externally between the two threads amounts to the pitch formed with a thread corresponding in pitch value of a fine thread. to the thread 35. Said bushing 36 is ada ted A fter the valve has been loosened by rotato be received between the sleeve 30 an the tion'of the bushing 36, a handle orwrench ring 27, and to engage the threads of said may be applied to the upper end of the stem. respective members. 20 to rotate the valve. It will be obvious Packing means may be provided between that the interposition of the sleeve 30 the rin s 27 and 30, and as shown, such means between the bushing 36 and the stem ma ta e the form of a packing ring 37 car- 20 prevents reciprocation of the plug 18 as 90 rie by the bushing 36 and engaging the ring the result of such rotation of the plug with 27 and apacking ring 38 carried by the bushrespect to the bushing 36. After the valve ing 36 and engaging the sleeve 30. has been moved to open position, the bushing The upper end of the stem 20 extends be- 36 may, if'desired, be rotated in the opposite 3U yond the upper end of the bushing 36 and 1 direction again to move the plug 18 into inti- 5 threaded to receive an adjustable nut 39 mate engagement with its seat. adapted to bear upon the upper end .40 of the A stop screw 42 ma be provided to limit sleeve 30. It will be seen that, by adjustment th axial movement of the plug 18, a washer of the nut 39, reciprocation of the sleeve 43 being interposed between the head of said with respect to the stem 20 may be absolutely screw 42 and the plate 15 to prevent acci- 10o prevented, or may be permitted to a limited dental moving of the screw 42. The screw extent. Means should be provided for lock- 42 has a further function,'in that it may be ing the nut 39 in adjusted position, and I preused to lock the plug 18 in close relation to fer that such means shall take the form of a its seat during the making of repairs to the 40 screw41 threaded axially into a tapped hole valve. As will be obvious, there may be wear formed partly in the stem 20 and partly in on any of 'the various packing members, or the nut 39. it is possible that onc -of the various'me While the operation of the described device hers within the bonnet may be broken or damis believed to be apparent, it may be desirable aged, necessitating replacement thereof. In

5 to summarize the same very shortly. With the absence of specific provision, it will be no the 'plug 18 in closed position (that is, roobvious that, if the bonnet should be removed, tated 90 from the illustrated position), it is the plug 18 might, and probably would fall essential that the same shall fit the seat 14 away from its seat, thus permittin leakage very closely to prevent leakage. If the valve from the valve casing. Where sac repairs 50 is allowed to remain in this position forarelaare necessary, the screw 42 may be removed 11 tively long time, experience shows that the from the casing, the washer 43 removed from plug tends to freeze to its seat. When such said screw, and the screw replaced in the casa condition arises, it is essential that the plug ing and turned up tightly against the plug 18 be moved slightly in an axial direction to to hold the same in intimate contact with its as loosen the same from its seat, it having been seat. v found that attempts to rotate a valve which Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be seen that has thus frozen to its seat without such axial I provide a casing 50 having inlet and outlet movement are very likely to twist the stem hubs51 and 52 communicating with a pas of the valve and sometimes to break the sage 53 extending through said casing. A

same or to score the face of the seat or plug. downwardly tapered seat 54 is interposed in According to the present invention,a wrench, said passage 53, and a correspondingly tahandle, or other operating means may be apperedplug 55 is rotatably mounted therein. plied to the projecting end of the bushing 36 At its lower end, said plug carries a stop lug to rotate the same. Rotation of said bushing 56 adapted to engage a similar lug 57 formed 05 tends, because of the differential pitches of in the lower portion 58 of the casing 50. 0

The plug 55 is formed with a stem 77 extending upwardly beyond the casing, the major portion of said stem being surrounded and housed by a composite bonnet. Said bonnet is built up of the members 59, 67, and 68. The member 59 is a ring, the inner lower edge 60 of which extends substantially in contact with the stem 77 Said member is beveled upwardly and outwardly as at 61 and is formed with a vertical wall 62. A ring 63 is sleeved on said stem 77 and is formed with an outwardly and downwardly beveled surface 64. It will be seen that the members 59 and 63, with their surfaces 61, 62 and-64 form a cavity 65 surrounding the valve stem and adapted to receive packing material. The member 63 is provided with a flange 66 for cooperation with oneor more screws 76. As will be obvious, the screws may be operated to force the surface 64 of the member 63 downwardly to compress the packing in the cavity 65 into intimate engagement with the stem 7 7.

The member 67 is a shell or sleeve superimposed upon the member 59, and the member 68 may be considered as a cover plate, which has the further function of limiting the throw of the plug, said members 59, 67 and 68 being assembled and secured to the casing 50 by means of a plurality of machine screws 69 or equivalent fastening means.

1 The stem 77 is formed intermediate its ends and within the limits of the member 67 with a thread 71. The sleeve 67 is internally formed with a thread 72 having a pitch slightly different from that of the thread 71. A diflt'erentially threaded bushing 73 is received between said member 67 and the stem 77, with its. external thread engaging the thread 72 and its internal thread engaging the thread 71. v,

In this embodiment, the packing means between the bushing 73 and the sleeve 67 and stem 7 7 may take the form of a packing ring 74 carried by theplate 68 and engaging the bushing 73 and a packing ring 75 carried by the bushing 73 and engaging the stem 77. The upper end 76 of the stem 77 is polygonal form forenga gement by a wrench or hane. 1 .The operation of the embodiment illustrated in I Fig. 2 is substantially identical with that of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, save that in the device of Fig. 2, rotation of the stem causes a slight reciproca- I tion of the valve.

a similar lug 87 formed in the lower closed portion 88 of the casing 80.

An annular upstanding flange 89 is provided on the portion of the casing opposite the end 88 thereof and is internally formed with a thread 90. The plug is provided with a stem 91 extending upwardly through the flange 89 andformed with an external thread 92, the pitch of which is slightly different from that of the thread 90. A bushing 93 is internally formed with a thread 94 adapted to cooperate with the thread 92 on the stem 91; and is externally formed with a thread 95 adapted to cooperate with the thread 90 of the flange 89.

A cover plate 96 is secured to the flange 89 by means of a plurality of machine screws 97 or equivalent fastening means, and said plate 96 carries a packing ring 98 engaging the bushing 93. Said bushing 93 in turn carries a packing ring 99 engaging the stem 91. As in the previously described modifications, the bushing 93 has a portion 100 extending beyond the plate 96 for engagement by a wrench or other tool for rotating said bushing; and the stem 91 is formed to provide a portion 101 of polygonal cross-section extending beyond the bushing 93 for engagement by a wrench or handle.

The operation of the device of Fig. 3 is subitantially identical with that of the device of ig. 2. i

In Fig. 4 there is illustrated a casing provided with inlet and outlet hubs 111 and 112, said casing being formed with a through passage 113. Interposed in said passage is a pair of seat members 114, only one of which is illustrated, said members being mounted in upwardly divergent planes. .It will be seen that the members 114 thus provide a tapered seat 115.

Upon the upper end of said casing 110 there is mounted a bonnet 116 comprising a flange 117, a pair of spaced members 118, and a collar 125. The flange 117 is formed to provide a recess for the reception of packing material 122, and I provide a packing gland 119 formed with a flange 120 with which cooperate a plurality of bolts 121 passing through said flanges 120 and 127 for compressing said packing material 122.

A stem 123 carries at its lower end a gate valve (not shown) and is formed adjacent its upper end with a thread 12 4. The collar 125 is formed with an internal thread 126, the pitch of which varies slightly from that of the thread 124. A bushing 127 is formed with an external thread 128 for cooperation with the thread 126 of the collar 125 and with an internal thread 129 for cooperation with the thread 124 of the stem 123. Said bushing 127 is preferably provided with a hand wheel 130 either formed integrally with said bushing or secured thereto, and the stem-123 is likewise provided with a hand wheel 131 formed integrally with or secured to said stem.

In operation, if it is desired to open the valve and it is found that the same is frozen to its seat so that operation of the hand wheel 131 is unduly diflicult, the hand wheel 130 may be rotated, whereby thehigh mechanical advantage of the differential thread is applied to start the reciprocation of the stem 123. As soon as the valve is started, the rotation of the hand wheel 130 is stopped and the valve is moved upward quickly from its seat by operation of the hand wheel 131, the stem 123 being threaded through the stationarily held bushing 127. The advantage of the provision of the bushing 127 is likewise apparent when it is desired to close a valve of this character,

' particularly after the valve or its seat has become worn. It sometimes is found to be impossible, through the operation of the hand wheel 131, to close the valve sufliciently tightly on its seat to prevent leakage. When this condition arises the valve may be moved into as tight engagement with its seat as possible by operation of the hand wheel 131, and there-.1

claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and d1stinctly claim as my invention:

1. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough and a tapered seat interposed in said passage, a sleeve upstanding from said casing, said sleeve being internally threaded, a valve rotatably mounted in said seat, a stem on said valve and proJecting through said sleeve, said stem being externally threaded, a bushing threadedly engaged on said stem and in said sleeve, a packing ring carried by said bushing and engaging said stem, and a second packing ring carried by said bushing and engaging said sleeve.

2. In a valve, a casing formed with a passage therethrough and with a tapered seat interposed in saidpassage, a valve in said casing and adapted to engage said seat, a bonnet, means for securing said bonnet to said casing, a stem on said valve extending through said bonnet, an annular spacer interposed between said casing and said bonnet, the inner periphery of said spacer extending substantially into engagement with said stem and bevelled upwardly and outwardly, packing material surrounding said stem and supported on the bevelled edge of said spacer, a ring sleeved on said stem and formed with a surface bevelled downwardly and outwardly, means for forcing said ring into engagement with said packing mate rial, and differentially threaded means engaging said stem and said bonnet for reciproeating said valve.

3. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough, a seat interposed in said castwo annular members projecting from said casing, one of said members being threaded within the casin and the other being threaded within the test, said threads being of different pitch, a stem on said valve projecting through said inner member, and means engaging said inner member and said stem for causing reciprocation of said valve, said means including means whereby said stem may be rotated without causing reciprocation of said valve.

4. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough, a seat interposed in said cas ing, a valve mounted to close on said seat, an annular member projecting from said casing, a stem on said valve p'rO ecting through said member, a sleeve rotatably but non-re,- ciprocably mounted on said stem, means for a valve mounted to close on said seat,

preventing rotation of said sleeve with re- I said member, and diflerentially threaded means engaging said member and said sleeve.

5. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough, a tapered seat interposed in said passage, a valve mounted to rotate on said seat, a stem on said valve, a sleeve rotatably but non-reciprocably mounted on said stem, said sleeve being externally threaded, a bonnet, means for securing said bonnet on said casing to surround said stem and sleeve, a thread formed internally on said bonnet, the pitch of said bonnet thread differing from that of the thread on said sleeve, and a differentially threaded bushing engaging the threads of said bonnet and sleeve.

6. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough, a tapered seatinterposed in said passage, a valve mounted to rotate on said seat, a stem on said valve, a sleeve rotatably mounted on said stem, said sleeve being externally threaded, a bonnet, means for securing said bonnet on said casing to surround said stem and sleeve, said means engaging said sleeve to prevent rotation of said sleeve with respect to said bonnet, a thread formed internally on said bonnet, the pitch of said bonnet thread differing from that of the thread on said sleeve, and a difmounted on said stem and adapted to engage said shoulder at its one end, means engaging the opposite end of said sleeve, said sleeve being externally threaded, a bonnet, means for securing said bonnet on said casing to surround said stem and sleeve, said bonnet being formed internally with a thread differing in itch from the thread on said sleeve, and a di erentially threaded bushing engaging the threads of said bonnet and sleeve.

8. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough, a tapered seat interposed in said passage, a valve mounted to rotate on said seat, a stem on said valve, said stem being formed intermediate its ends with an outwardly facing shoulder, a sleeve rotatably mounted on said stem and adapted to engage said shoulder at its one end, a nut adjustably threaded on the outer end of said stem and adapted to engage the opposite end of said sleeve, an external thread on said sleeve, a bonnet, means for securing said bonnet on said casing to surround said stem and sleeve, said means engaging said sleeve to prevent rotation thereof with respect to said bonnet while permitting reciprocation thereof with respect to said bonnet, said bonnet being formed internally with a thread differing in pitch from the thread on said sleeve, and a differentially threaded bushing engaging the threads of said bonnet and sleeve.

9. In a valve, a casing having a passage therethrough, a seat in said casing, a mernber adapted to close on said seat, a valve stem connected to said member, a bonnet projecting from said casing and having an internally threaded through passage, a bushing externally and internally threaded and screwed into said bonnet passage, external threads on said valve stem engaging internal threads of said bushing, operative engaging means on the outer ends of said bushing and of said stein respectively, the threads connecting said valve stem and bushing being of steeper pitch than those connecting said bushing and bonnet.

Signed by me this 19th day of August,

ROBERT S. HUBBELL. 

